Experience

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  Tony bond travel

  Jan 1988 - Jan 2009

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  Belgrave group

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2011

  Special project manager

  Sales of advertising space in Irish Travel Trade News and Business Travel Magazine.Wrote articles on travel and related technology development for ITTN and Business Travel Magazine.Set up of three new web sites: Belgrave Group, ITTN and Business Travel.Formulated and implemented a Social Media Policy.Created Facebook page for the company.Developed an eNewsletter for weekly distribution to the travel industry.Advised on new marketing stratagy and future development for the group. Show less

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  Agency services worldwide

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2010

  General manager

  Provided information and tailor-made itineraries for the travel industry to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji.

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  Travelsavers

  Jan 2011 - Oct 2011

  Director of sales ireland (consultancy)

  Responsible for the growth of the consortium in Ireland. Training and implementation of a new Dynamic Packaging Tool for Travel Agents.

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  Agency services worldwide

  Oct 2011 - now

  General manager

  Organisation of training and promotional eventsWholesale of Australia/New Zealand ground product.Product training for Australia, New Zealand, South America and Canada. Sales Representation. Systems Advice for VOIP, Back Office and Internet..

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  Intourireland

  Nov 2011 - now

  Business development executive

  Online supplier of Irish hotel deals for the international market. Great prices for bed, breakfast and evening meal. Free chid places. One two or three night packages at affordable prices in a wide network of 3 and 4 star partner hotels. With our in-depth experience and expertise of the Irish hotel market, we know the finest hotels in Ireland, the hidden gems and we aim to deliver these to the customer on a consistent basis.

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  Ark travel group

  Nov 2011 - Dec 2016

  Business development executive

  Planning of global business development strategy for the ARK Travel Group. Sourcing new suppliers for the growing innovative product line while also securing new business partners worldwide and developing business relationships for the range of product available from the group. Negotiating hotel contracts and group deals worldwide both for the online product and client specific requirements.

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  Don bosco care

  Apr 2015 - May 2017

  Fundraising consultant

  Devised a new and exciting fundraising programme through a competition for Transition Year Students in partnership with Gaisce. This has now become one of the main fundraising activities for this charity. Developed and improved the annual golf fun day.Redeveloped the web and social media presence.Introduced Don Bosco Care to Google for Non Profits. Organised free staff training and assisted in the transition from a Microsoft base to fully using Google Suite and Google Drive in all areas of the charity. Added Salesforce Volunteers programme to the main Salesforce system to ease the control of volunteer workers. Show less

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  Biz soc media

  Nov 2017 - now

  General manager

  We take the pain out of social media marketing by branding all of your platforms including website, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or Instagram and then build your online campaigns while saving you precious time and money. Make your business stand out with short video ads or a series of clever static ads.We also build websites and landing pages to compliment your Social media activity.